TwoCents | Traffic in Lagos - by Peter Ajetunmobi

Another Monday to Lagos' salary earners is always a nightmare. It is only in Lagos you are 30 minutes late from bed and you are automatically late for work for that day 😂.   The roads and bus stops are always filled to the brim with passengers and commercial buses in a hurry, This is a routine that is for sure going to happen especially on a Monday morning. The traffic is mostly unbearable and from the little survey held by my team (Green Lagos) organization, we pinpointed the commercial buses as the foundation of this traffic and minimal traffic lights.on major roads. Commercial buses are always in a hurry and compete with each other because there are unauthorized bus stops where passengers stand to board buses, and this causes an interception with other vehicles coming from behind or making an outbound or inbound turn. Most Lagos roads are jam-packed with road sellers, most even sell on the road, especially at locations like Iyana-Ipaja- and Ikotun axis. This with no doubt disrupts the free-flowing of vehicles. Without forgetting the fact that traffic lights are minimal and the ones available are not fully functioning. A series of surveys have shown that if traffic lights are in place on some designated roads and bus stops it would reduce the congestion in the specified areas. When vehicles know when to pass and stop and undesignated and unauthorized bus stops are scrapped without forgetting the market woman who had made the roads tiny for vehicles to pass easily, would for sure reduce and minimize some slow movement and boost the free-flow of buses. Maybe this development can make Lagos and its Mondays a less worrisome day.

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